Corydoras knaacki

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Callichthyidae
Genus: Corydoras
Species: Corydoras knaacki

Name

Corydoras knaacki Tencatt & Evers, 2016

• Holotype: MUSM 52730.
• Paratypes: INPA 46982 (4); MNRJ 42888 (1), 42889 (4); MZUSP 117378 (4); NUP 17307 (6), 17308 (3 c&s); ZUFMS-PIS 4035 (7); ROM 82925 (1), 82929 (12), 82932 (4).

Type locality: Peru, Madre de Dios, Santa Rita, swamps in the vicinity of the town of Santa Rita, draining into the río Inambari, río Madre de Dios basin, 12°54’46.4”S, 70°10’37.4”W.

Etymology: Corydoras knaacki is named after Dr. Joachim Knaack (2 January 1933 – 5 December 2012), German physician and biologist. He was an amateur ichthyologist and aquarist who devoted more than 60 years of his life for the study of South American catfishes, especially Corydoras.

References

• Tencatt, L.F.C. & Evers, H.-G. 2016. A new species of Corydoras Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the río Madre de Dios basin, Peru. Neotropical Ichthyology 14(1): e150019. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20150019 Reference page.